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Michelle Malkin:
LETTERS TO THE GOP  —  Reader reaction to the GOP cave-in on ANWR has been overwhelming.  I'm reprinting just a small sample of letters that came in this morning from conservatives fed-up with Republican "leadership."  —  Update 1120am EST.  I'll keep adding letters throughout the day.
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House GOP Leaders Scuttle Budget-Cut Vote  —  WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders scuttled a vote Thursday on a $51 billion budget-cut package in the face of a revolt by lawmakers over scaling back Medicaid, food stamp and student loan programs.  —  The development was a major setback …
Discussion: Oblogatory Anecdotes and Daily Kos
The Anchoress:
Attention GOP Leadership:
CNN:
Terror attacks spark fury in Jordan  —  Amman stunned by suicide bombings  —  AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) — Three terror bombings that killed at least 56 people in Jordan's capital sparked furious protests against al Qaeda on Thursday after a Web site carried a claim that the group was behind the attacks.
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MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Nov. 9  —  Read the transcript to the Wednesday show  —  Guest: Karim Kawar, John McCain, Wayne Downing, Robert Baer, Michael Scheur, Rand Beers  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Tonight, Jordan, our best Arab friend, gets hit by terrorist bombings.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Liveblogging the Ed Gillespie Call  —  Notes on the latest RNC conference call with bloggers re SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito.  Ed Gillespie is going to focus on Democratic attacks on SCOTUS nominee Alito based on his failure to recuse himself from two cases.  (See NYT article.)
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Another Alito Conference Call
TimChapman / Townhall.com:
RNC organized blogger conference call with Ed Gillespie
Discussion: Wonkette and RedState.org
Mark / Decision '08:   Blogger Conference Call, Ed Gillespie
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Alito reviewed '95 case involving sister's firm  —  Questions persist about conflicts  —  WASHINGTON — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who said in 1990 that he would disqualify himself from cases involving his sister's law firm, was a member of an appeals court that reviewed a 1995 case …
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John / AMERICAblog:   Scooterlito  —  Because whether you're a top White House official …
Joe / AMERICAblog:
Alito has a history of not keeping his word to the US Senate
New York Times:
Democrats Press Court Designee Over Mutual Fund Case
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
U.S. Newswire:
Veterans Lash Out at Loss of Voice on Capitol Hill  —  Contact: David E. Autry of Disabled American Veterans, 202-314-5219  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ — A proposal to end the long-standing practice of veterans groups addressing a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees …
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Elana Schor / The Hill:
Vets lash out at House over budget moves
Discussion: Left in the West
Associated Press:
Frist concerned more about leaks than secret prisons  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he is more concerned about the leak of information regarding secret CIA detention centers than activity in the prisons themselves.  —  Frist told reporters Thursday …
Bob Moser / The Nation:
Cornbread and Roses  —  On a soft gray Monday in mid-October, the Interfaith Council shelter in downtown Chapel Hill has a brand-new volunteer, brimming with enthusiasm that's almost annoying at 10:15 in the morning.  "How're you all doing back there?"  John Edwards calls out to the kitchen crew …
Claire Cozens / Guardian:
Riot coverage 'excessive', says French TV boss  —  One of France's leading TV news executives has admitted censoring his coverage of the riots in the country for fear of encouraging support for far-right politicians.  —  Jean-Claude Dassier, the director general of the rolling news service TCI …
Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:
Indy Reporter Responds, Phosphorus 'Witness' Discredited, Racism in the Banlieue  —  One good sign that you've done well in a discussion is the descent by your counterpart into the realm of the ad hominem.  If, at the same time, he ignores the substantive, factual points you've raised (e.g. …
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National Review:
The Marines@230  —  On November 10, 1775, 230 years ago, the Continental Congress authorized the formation of two battalions of Marines.  Tradition says that the earliest recruiting of Marines took place at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, owned by Robert Mullan, who later became a Continental Marine officer.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Everyone  —  enough post Kevin Drum writes: … But "public opposition to future trade agreement" doesn't hurt "everyone."  There are lots of people that have perfectly good reasons to oppose trade agreements.  They're the people "who are hurt by trade agreements."
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Patrick J. Buchanan / Human Events:
Bush Leaves GOP in Crisis  —  With the rout of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's initiatives, Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, and President Bush's free fall in national polls on job performance, credibility and character, the Republican Party is in imminent peril of losing the country.
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Could I ever become a Democrat?  —  Here is a symposium on whether progressives can believe in economic growth as a primary value.  The impetus is Gene Sperling's new and intelligent book The Pro-Growth Progressive.  Here is a summary of the book.  Here is a recent Sperling article.
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
At the White House, Prizes for 14 Champs  —  Medal of Freedom Ceremony Shows Ali as Fast as Ever  —  Aretha Franklin was teary-eyed, Carol Burnett was teasing, Alan Greenspan was reliably taciturn, and "The Greatest of All Time" stole the show when President Bush bestowed the Medal of Freedom …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Andrea Mitchell - More Media Backpedaling  —  On Nov 1, James Taranto of the WSJ unearthed a CNBC transcript which suggested that, according to Andrea Mitchell anyway, Ms. Plame's employment at the CIA was not a total mystery to interested reporters.  From "The Capitol Report, Oct 3, 2003 …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Biden: "I'm Running"  —  Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) seems to have made up his mind to enter the 2008 presidential race, based on reading between the lines of a letter he sent to a potential donor last month and obtained by The Fix from the camp of a potential presidential rival.  —  "I'm running," Biden writes.
Sam Anderson / Slate:
Irony Maiden  —  How Sarah Silverman is raping American comedy.  —  It's fitting that the comedian Sarah Silverman's impending cultural moment—high-profile film, ongoing miniscandal, TV series in the making—is going to coincide with serious public moralizing about the sexual orientation of penguins.
Discussion: Pandagon and Gawker

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John F. Manning / New York Times:
Balancing Act  —  SOME Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary …
ACLU:
ACLU and Diverse Coalition …
rawstory.com:
Rove aide called back to testify as inquiry into Rove's role wraps up, lawyers say
Ezra Klein:
Fishin' 4 Religion  —  There's something of a consensus forming …
bidinotto.journalspace.com:
Reflections on the Republican betrayal of individualism
Joannej / joannejacobs.com:
Our School blog burst
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 29 in Crowded Baghdad Restaurant
Discussion: War and Piece

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Will / Attytood:
Born to run: Springsteen for U.S. Senate from N.J.
Sisyphus Shrugged:
they broke it, they bought it, now we get to pay for it
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Report by Rather May Be Shown
Discussion: Rathergate.com
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
White House Stands by 'Not Accurate' Quote in Dispute
Roy / alicublog:
CLUCKS.  Jonah Goldberg has been writing a book, in the course …
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Intelligence Probe Takes Shape
 
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